Angular Recording Corporation

Angular Recording Corporation is an independent record label originally based in New Cross, South East London. Set up in June 2003 by two ex-Goldsmiths College students, Joe Daniel and Joe Margetts who reclaimed a local Ordnance Survey Triangulation Station and made it their first artefact: ARC 001. The label's founders claim to have been influenced by a love of angular pop music and the legendary Manchester label Factory Records. Gaining funding through medical testing, Angular Recording Corporation was able to finance its debut release in November 2003, the NME championed 'The New Cross : An Angular Sampler'. This compilation included tracks by the soon-to-be famous Bloc Party, Art Brut, Ladyfuzz and The Vichy Government among others.

The label has since released singles by The Long Blondes, Klaxons (for whom Joe Daniel temporarily played Bass in summer 2007 when Jamie Reynolds broke his leg) and Navvy.

Current Artists

These New Puritans
Navvy
Wetdog
The Violets
The Lodger
Mitten
Findo Gask
The Long Blondes

Discography

ARC 001 - Ordnance Survey Trig Point (June 03)
ARC 002 - The New Cross : An Angular Sampler [CD comp. featuring Bloc Party, Art Brut, Ladyfuzz and The Vichy Government among others] (Nov 03)
ARC 003 - The Thrasher : An Angular Raffle Prize (March 04)
ARC 004 - Rip Off Your Labels : More Angular Product [CD comp. featuring The Long Blondes, The Boyfriends and The Vichy Gov. among others] (June 04)
ARC 005 - Elizabeth Harper: S/T Album CD (Oct 04)
ARC 006 - The Fucks Club
ARC 007 - The Long Blondes : Giddy Stratospheres 7" (Dec 04)
ARC 008 - The Violets : Mirror Mirror 7" (May 05)
ARC 009 - The Long Blondes : Appropriation (By Any Other Name) 7"+CD (June 05)
ARC 010 - Ordnance Survey Trig Point ..2 (Dec 05)
ARC 011 - The Violets : Descend/Carnival 7" (Feb 06)
ARC 012 - Klaxons : Gravity's Rainbow 7" (Mar 06)
ARC 013 - Angular Pop Package : Download Remixes (April 06)
ARC 014 - The Lodger : Let Her Go 7" (May 06)
ARC 015 - The Violets : Hush Away 7" (Sep 06)
ARC 016 - These New Puritans : Now Pluvial 7" EP (Oct 06)
ARC 017 - Future Love Songs [CD Comp featuring Klaxons, These New Puritans, To My Boy, The Long Blondes, The Violets, The Low Edges and Mitten among many others.] (Nov 06)
ARC 018 - www.arc018.com
ARC 019 - An Angular Office (Dec 06)
ARC 020 - Ordnance Survey Trig Point ..3 (Jan 07)
ARC 021 - The Violets : Foreo 7" + CD (Feb 07)
ARC 022 - The Townace : An Angular Van (Mar 07)
ARC 023 - These New Puritans : Navigate, Navigate 12" (Apr 07)
ARC 024 - The Lodger - Kicking Sand Download Single (Apr 07)
ARC 025 - The Lodger - Grown-Ups CD Album (May 07)
ARC 026 - The Violets - Troubles Of Keneat 7" + Download (Oct 07)
ARC 027 - These New Puritans - Numbers / Colours 7" Picture Disc + Download (Nov 07)
ARC 028 - The Violets - The Lost Pages CD Album (Nov 07)
ARC 029 - TBC
ARC 030 - Ordnance Survey Trigpoint 4 (Feb 08)
ARC 031 - Findo Gask - Va, va, va Digital Release (March 08)
ARC 032 - These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid CD/LP (Jan 08)
ARC 033 - Navvy - 4 Songs By Navvy E.P. 7" (March 08)
ARC 034 - These New Puritans - Elvis 7"/CD/Download single (Feb 08)
ARC 035 - These New Puritans - Swords of Truth 7"/12"/Download (May 08)
ARC 036 - Wetdog - Zah Und Zaheet / 8 Days / Alibi Download (July 08)
ARC 037 - Wetdog - Enterprise Reversal LP/CD/Download (July 08)

ee also

* List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.arc018.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.theviolets.co.uk The Violets (ARC is their own label)]
* [http://angulation.blogspot.com Offical Angular Blog, updated daily]